Early betting lines set for five Tennessee football games
Early betting lines have been set for five Tennessee Football games. DraftKings has the Vols favored against North Carolina State and Florida and underdogs for road games at Oklahoma and Georgia as well as the home game against Alabama, according to recently set odds.
Tennessee opened as a 5.5-point favorite against North Carolina State for the neutral-site game on September 7 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, in the Duke’s Mayo Classic.
The Vols opened as a 5-point underdog for the September 21 SEC opener at Oklahoma, when the Sooners make their debut as an SEC team after moving from the Big 12.
Tennessee is an 11-point favorite against Florida for the SEC home opener on October 12 but a two-point underdogs at home against Alabama a week later, on October 19 at Neyland Stadium.
Georgia was set as a 17.5-point home favorite against Tennessee for the November 16 game at Sanford Stadium in Athens.
Vols play four straight SEC home games this season
The Vols open the season on August 31 at home against Chattanooga and, after facing N.C. State in Charlotte, return home to face Kent State on September 14.
After back-to-back conference games on the road, at Oklahoma on September 21 and at Arkansas on October 5, separated by the first open date of the season, Tennessee plays four straight home games, against Florida (October 12), Alabama (October 19), Kentucky (November 2) and Mississippi State (November 9), with the second open date on October 26 splitting the four-game run.
Tennessee announced last week it has already sold out its allotment of 70,500 season tickets at Neyland Stadium for a second straight season. Tennessee also has a “season ticket interest list” that is now at nearly 15,000 fans.
“We have an enormous amount of fans,” Tennessee athletics director Danny White said last week during the Big Orange Caravan stop in Nashville.
“ … People around the country are trying to figure out how to make their stadiums smaller. We’re 102,000 strong and sold out for the season. We’re fortunate at Tennessee to have what I believe to be the best fanbase in sport.”
Tennessee led SEC in total home attendance, average attendance last season
White launched the ‘Rise Glorious’ comprehensive strategic plan in July 2022 which included season ticket goals for the football program. Tennessee surpassed a goal of 56,000 season tickets sold in the fall of 2022 with 61,490 season tickets. The Vols had a goal of 61,500 last season, before ultimately selling out the entire allotment of 70,500.
The 2024 season marks the third time in 23 season that Tennessee has sold out football season tickets, doing so last May and in August 2016.
Tennessee led the SEC in total home attendance (713,405) and average home attendance (101,915) last season. The Vols were ranked third and fourth nationally in those categories, respectively.
